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NASA releases 3I/ATLAS images and says it behaves like a comet

When: 19 Nov 2025
Sources: 2 public sources

A Hubble image of 3I/ATLAS, one of the NASA missions that observed the comet NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: J. DePasquale (STScI), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

After a shutdown delay, NASA held an online briefing releasing 3I/ATLAS images from about a dozen missions. Associate Administrator Nicky Fox said it behaves like a comet and that NASA saw no technosignatures, answering speculation that it was an alien craft.

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OfficialView Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Through NASA's Multiple Lenses (opens in a new tab)NASA Science / 2025-11-19
PressNASA releases new high-res images of 3I/ATLAS after government shutdown delay (opens in a new tab)DefenseScoop / 2025-11-20

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